السلام عليكم

Arabic

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum/

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Interjection

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ • (as-salāmu ʕalaykum)

1. peace be upon you; good day; hello; hail, salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum

   السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ — وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ

   as-salāmu ʕalaykum — wa-ʕalaykumu s-salāmu

   Peace be upon you. — And upon you, too.

Usage notes

• Though grammatically plural, this form of the greeting is predominantly also used towards one person.

Alternative forms

• السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu, “Peace be upon you as well as Allah's mercy and blessings.”)
• سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ (salāmun ʕalaykum)

Descendants

• Maltese: is-sliem għalikom
• → Afar: assaláamu qaléykum
• → Albanian: selam alejkum
• → Azerbaijani: əs-səlamu əleykum
• → Bashkir: әссәләмәғәләйкүм (əssələməğələyküm)
• → Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamu alaikum)
• → Bulgarian: сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum)
• → Catalan: salam aleikum
• → Central Kurdish: سەلامو عەلەیکوم (selamu 'eleykum)
• → Chechen: салам алейкум (salam alejkum), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum)
• → Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩拉姆·阿萊控 / 萨拉姆·阿莱控 (sàlāmǔ'āláikòng)

• → Czech: selam alejkum
• → English: salaam alaikum, salam alaikum, salaam alaykum, salam alaykum, as-salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum, assalamu alaykum, salaamu alaikum
• → Finnish: as-salaam aleikum
• → French: as-salam alaykum
• → Galician: salam aleikum
• → German: salam aleikum
• → Greek: σαλάμ αλέκουμ (salám alékoum)
• → Hausa: salamu alaikum
• → Hebrew: סלאם עליכום (salám 'aléikum)
• → Hindi: सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum)
• → Hungarian: szálem alejkum
• → Indonesian: assalamu alaikum, assalamualaikum
• → Italian: salamelecco
• → Japanese: アッサラーム・アライクム (assarāmu araikumu), アッサラーム・アレイクム (assarāmu-areikumu)
• → Karachay-Balkar: ас саламу алейкум (as salamu aleykum)
• → Kazakh: ассалаумағалейкум (assalaumağaleikum), ассалаумағалейкүм (assalaumağaleiküm)
• → Korean: 앗살라무 알라이쿰 (atsallamu allaikum)
• → Kyrgyz: салам алейкүм (salam aleyküm)
• → Lak: ссалам алейкум (s:alam aleykum)
• → Lezgi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum)
• → Malay: assalamualaikum
• → Malayalam: അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും (assalāmu alaikkuṁ)
• → Pashto: السلام علیکم (as-salam 'alekom), اسلام علیکم (asalam 'alekom)
• → Persian: سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm 'aleykom)
• → Polish: salam alejkum
• → Portuguese: salamaleque
• → Romanian: al salamalaikum
• → Russian: саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum), сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum), ассала́му ’але́йкум (assalámu ’aléjkum) — proscribed
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: селам алејкум

  Latin script: selam alejkum

• → Sicilian: salamaliccu
• → Slovak: selam alejkum, salam alejkum
• → Slovene: selam alejkum
• → Swahili: nzala malekum, nsala malekum, nsala malekun
• → Southern Kurdish: سەڵام عەلێیکوم (sæɫaːm a'aleykum)
• → Tajik: салом алайкум (salom alaykum), ассалому алайкум (assalomu alaykum), салому алайкум (salomu alaykum), саломун алайкум (salomun alaykum)
• → Tamil: அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் (assalāmu alaikkum)
• → Telugu: అస్సలం అలై కుం (assalaṁ alai kuṁ)
• → Tatar: әссәламү галәйкүм (ässälamü ğaläyküm)
• → Turkish: selamünaleyküm
• → Turkmen: salamaleýkim
• → Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum), ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم (essalam eleykum)
  • Uzbek: assalomu alaykum

See also

• السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ (as-salāmu ʕalayka)
• وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ (waʕalaykumu s-salāmu), وَعَلَيْكُمْ (wa-ʕalaykum) (answer to the greeting)
• عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu) (Islamic eulogy)